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The death cap: a detective story
Lomax Press
2013
An actress dies after eating deadly mushrooms. Limited and numbered edition of 300.
Death from a top hat
Tom Stacey Ltd
1971
Dr Cesare Sabat is found strangled, spread-eagled in a chalk pentacle, inside his locked apartment.
Death in the sun
Vallancey Press Limited
1945
A young dancer is found dead sun-bathing by a hotel swimming pool.
Death is my bridegroom
Published for the Crime Club by Collins
1969
The daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped and then murdered.
Death is my shadow
Herbert Jenkins Limited
1947
The world's smartest crook steals the Crowther collection of jewels and implicates an innocent man.
Death of a bride
Vallancey Press Limited
1945
A novella in which three narratives provide the solution to the murder of a newly wedded woman.
Death of a cad, featuring P.C. Hamish Macbeth
Charles Bravos
1990
An unpopular guest is found shot on the Glorious Twelfth.
Death of a philanderer
Published for The Crime Club by Collins
1968
A blackmailer and seducer of a schoolgirl dies in violent, if justified, circumstances.
Death of a poison-tongue
Hodder and Stoughton
1972
A village gossip and instigator of unpleasant rumours is found dead.
The death of Abbé Didier : a novel
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1981
The vicar of Sainte Clothilde is found stabbed to death in a confession box. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper.
Death pays the wages
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1970
An investigation into the smuggling of contraceptives results in the murder of two industrialists.
Decorated Mr. Holmes: the orders, decorations, medals and other marks of distinction acknowledging his unique successes
Magico Magazine
1984
A discussion of the orders and decorations awarded to Holmes during his career.
Defeat or victory? The strength of Britain book
Published for the Strength of Britain Movement by Morgan & Scott, Limited
1917
Presents the case for prohibition in Great Britain.
The Denmilne manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland
Historical Association of Scotland
1928
A history of the Denmilne collection of manuscripts.
The Department of Queer Complaints
Gregg Press
1981
Selected by Ellery Queen as one of 106 great detective fiction short story collections.
The deputy captain: a public school story
Humphrey Milford
1922
The disappearance of a Tudor charter from Melton School provides the backdrop to a typical range of schoolboy adventures and misunderstandings.
The deputy detective
Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd.
1947
A boxer and a boy detective combine forces to combat the wickedest man in London.
Derry down death
W.H. Allen
1960
A distinguished collector of folk-songs dies under mysterious circumstances in the small village of Westerhalton.
Detectionary: a biographical dictionary of leading characters in mystery fiction
Overlook Press
1977
A guide to major fictional detectives, their assistants, and criminals.
The detections of Francis Quarles
Crippen & Landru Publishers
2006
A collection of 42 short stories that originally appeared in the Evening Standard.
The detections of Miss Cusak
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
1998
An anthology of short stories that originally appeared in the Harmsworth Magazine.
Detective fiction : the collector's guide
Scolar Press
1994
A well illustrated introduction to the works of over 150 authors.
Diagnosis and detection: the medical iconography of Sherlock Holmes
Associated University Presses
1987
Explores the archetypes from history, medicine, literature, and myth that have contributed to the appeal of Holmes.
Diamond Jubilee Collection
Collins
1990
A complete set of twelve volumes re-issued to celebrate sixty years of the Crime Club.

